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Michael Brennan seized yet another opportunity on Sunday and turned it into a decisive victory. With a streak of five consecutive birdies, he outdistanced Beau Hossler and closed with a flawless 64 (-6) that earned him victory at the Wyndham Championship, the final event of the PGA Tour regular season. This triumph allows him to qualify for the playoffs. The 24-year-old American, originally from Virginia and raised as a golfer in Wake Forest (about 30 miles from Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro), entered the tournament ranked 105th in the FedExCup standings after a disappointing season, with just one top-10 finish. Now his season has been extended by at least a week, and perhaps more, given his current form, thanks to his second PGA Tour title in two years. Brennan was one shot behind Hossler when he started his five-birdie streak starting on the fourth hole. That moment transformed a deficit into a three-shot lead after the front nine, aided by a bogey by Hossler on the ninth. From then on, it was just a matter of managing the situation for the young American.

Brennan, results

The FedExCup Playoffs begin Thursday with the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee. Only the top 70 players advance, and Brennan has jumped to 47th place. Jackson Koivun, who left Auburn in June and has already won the 3M Open in only his third professional start, narrowly defended his 70th place and goes from college to the playoffs in just two months. He had to sweat until the end after a closing 71: Matt Wallace and Davis Thompson were still in the field and capable of displacing him, but they didn’t make the decisive putts. Koivun finished with an eight-point lead.

This victory also earns Brennan an invitation to the Masters. It was his mother who reminded him, celebrating on the 18th green. Brennan had already made his Augusta debut this year, having moved directly from the PGA Tour Americas to the big circuit thanks to his victory at the Bank of Utah Championship last fall.

With a birdie on the final hole, Brennan finished at 22-under par (258 strokes), tying the tournament record at Sedgefield, a record set three times in the past, most recently last year by another former Wake Forest player, Cameron Young. Ben James, No. 1 in the PGA Tour University Ranking and already a 2027 card holder, had fallen out of contention on Saturday but produced a resounding 61 to finish third.

Brennan was the only player to crack the top 70, replacing Steven Fisk (69th before the tournament), who missed the cut and dropped to 71st. Brooks Koepka also missed the playoff. The five-time major champion needed a fourth-place finish, but his putting again failed him and he finished tied for 67th.

Stefano Mazzoli failed to make the cut. The Italian, fresh from his victory at the Corales Puntacana Championship (his first PGA Tour victory), closed the first two days with 68 and 72 (tied for par) and failed to qualify for the weekend. This exit leaves him out of the playoff race.